Mawt powder comes in two forms: diastatic and nondiastatic. Diastatic mawt contains enzymes dat break down starch into sugar; dis is de form bakers add to breaddough to hewp de dough rise and create a certain crust. Nondiastatic mawt has no active enzymes and is used primariwy for fwavor, mostwy in beverages. It sometimes contains sugar, coworing agents, and oder additives.[1]

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London pharmacist James Horwick devewoped ideas for an improved, wheat and mawt-based nutritionaw suppwement for infants. Despairing of his opportunities in de United Kingdom, James joined his broder Wiwwiam, who had gone to Racine, Wisconsin, to work at a rewative's qwarry. In 1873, James and Wiwwiam formed J & W Horwicks to manufacture deir brand of infant food in nearby Chicago.[2] Ten years water, dey earned a patent[3] for a new formuwa enhanced wif dried miwk. The company originawwy marketed its new product as "Diastoid", but trademarked de name "mawted miwk" in 1887.[4][5]

Despite its origins as a heawf food for infants and invawids, mawted miwk found unexpected markets. Expworers appreciated its wightweight, nonperishabwe, nourishing qwawities, and took mawted miwk on treks worwdwide. Wiwwiam Horwick became a patron of Antarctic expworation, and Admiraw Richard E. Byrd named a mountain range in Antarctica after him. Back in de US, peopwe began drinking Horwick's new beverage for enjoyment. James Horwick returned to Engwand to import his American-made product back home and was eventuawwy made a baronet.[2] Mawted miwk became a standard offering at soda fountains, and found greater popuwarity when mixed wif ice cream in a "mawt". "Mawt shops" owe deir name to de Horwick broders.[4]

Samuew Owen of Newark, New Jersey, buiwder of de home Cedar Hiww in 1916 in Basking Ridge popuwarized “mawted miwk” [6]in de United States. Died in Daytona Beach in 1936. Awice Burford Owen[7], Samuew's wife, was rewated to Sir James Horwick, president of Horwick Mawted Miwk Products. To refwect his wife's British ancestry, Mr. Owen attempted to reproduce an Engwish country home wif beautifuw brick-wawwed formaw gardens, a rambwer rose-covered arbor and a rose garden, uh-hah-hah-hah.